Ibuki-class cruiser

	Ibuki being scrapped in drydock, 14 March 1947
Class overview
Name	Ibuki class
Builders	Kure Naval Arsenal; Mitsubishi Shipyard, Nagasaki;
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by	Tone class
Succeeded by	None
Cost	¥60,000,000
Built	1942–1945
Planned	2
Completed	0
Scrapped	2
General characteristics (as designed)
Type	Heavy cruiser
Displacement	12,220 t (12,030 long tons) (standard); 14,828 t (14,594 long tons) (full load);
Length	200.6 m (658 ft 2 in)
Beam	20.2 m (66 ft 3 in)
Draft	6.04 m (19 ft 10 in)
Installed power	152,000 shp (113,000 kW); 8 × water-tube boilers;
Propulsion	4 × shafts; 4 × geared steam turbine sets;
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	6,300 nmi (11,700 km; 7,200 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	876
Sensors and ; processing systems	1 × Type 2, Mark 2, Model 1 air search radar; 1 × Type 93 hydrophone system;
Armament	5 × 2 - 20 cm (8 in) guns; 4 × 2 - 12.7 cm (5 in) AA guns; 4 × 2 - 2.5 cm (1 in) AA guns; 2 × 2 - 13.2 mm (0.52 in) Type 93 machine guns; 4 × 4 - 61 cm (24 in) torpedo tubes;
Armor	Waterline belt: 30–140 mm (1.2–5.5 in); Deck: 35–60 mm (1.4–2.4 in); Gun turrets: 25 mm (1 in); Barbettes: 25–100 mm (1.0–3.9 in); Conning tower: 100 mm;
Aircraft carried	3
Aviation facilities	2 aircraft catapults

The Ibuki-class (伊吹型, Ibuki-gata) cruisers were the last class of heavy cruisers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN). In order to save design time, the ships were essentially repeats of the earlier Mogami class. Begun during World War II, only the lead ship, Ibuki, was launched, but she was in the process of being converted into a light aircraft carrier when construction was suspended in 1945. She was scrapped the following year. The unnamed second ship was scrapped less than a month after being laid down in order to clear her slipway for an aircraft carrier.

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